Kamkhwab
ca. 1855 (made)
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Fragments of a textile, red and green silk brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and red and green silk in alternating diagonal floral bands.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread brocade |
| Brief description | Fragments of kamkhwab (kincob), silk brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, ca. 1855 |
| Physical description | Fragments of a textile, red and green silk brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and red and green silk in alternating diagonal floral bands. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ROOM 8. Case 60.] '0826. "KINCOB." Piece of, green ground, gold and silver diagonal pattern; Benares. 3,246'. India Museum Slip Book 3246: ''Kincob Piece / Kincob / Benares / 55 / Diagonal Stripes & flowers of Silk gold & Silver'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol.401-458, no.405. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'KINCOB. / Length, 5 Yds. 1 In.; Width, 29 Ins.; Weight, 3 lb. 15 oz. Price per Yard £5 10s. / BENARES. / NO.405, SECOND SERIES. / "3246"'. |
| Other number | 3246 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0826(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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